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• Speaker Johnson laughs off Jasmine Crockett Senate bid: ‘Absolutely delighted’ she is running - Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters that he is “absolutely delighted" that progressive firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is running for U.S. Senate in Texas.
• FCC, state AGs to join forces in crackdown on China-linked communications technology - The FCC and several states are creating a formal partnership to share information and work together to protect U.S. consumers from risky communications technology tied to China.
• Crockett faces blowback from GOP, Hollywood for far-left agenda, media presence after launching US Senate bid - Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett faces criticism from Texas GOP Rep. Brandon Gill and actor Zachary Levi following the announcement of her Senate campaign launch.
• Jasmine Crockett cites Mamdani-Trump, AOC-Trump voters when confronted on path to victory in Texas - Rep. Jasmine Crockett rejected the conventional need to win Republican voters in her Texas race on Tuesday during an interview, pointing to Mamdani-Trump and AOC-Trump crossover voters.
• Florida’s CAIR threatens lawsuit against DeSantis after he labels group a ‘foreign terrorist’ organization - CAIR Florida promised to sue after Gov. DeSantis labeled the Muslim civil rights group a "foreign terrorist organization" in an executive order.
• Jasmine Crockett walks back claim Hispanic Trump voters have 'slave mentality' - Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett walked back her controversial Vanity Fair comments from 2024 suggesting that Hispanic Trump voters had a "slave mentality."
• Trump says Rep. Crockett's Senate run 'a gift to Republicans': 'Can't imagine she wins' - President Donald Trump called Rep. Jasmine Crockett's Senate bid "a gift to Republicans," also criticizing her as a "low IQ person" and "terrible representative."
• Video shows 23 illegal immigrants found hidden in truck cab during tense traffic stop: police - Texas trooper discovers 23 illegal immigrants hidden in truck during routine traffic stop in La Salle County. Driver John David Amaya was arrested on smuggling charges.
• Texas A&M student Brianna Aguilera’s fall death sparks police response to family’s explosive claims: report - Family lawyer challenges Austin police suicide ruling in Texas A&M student Brianna Aguilera's death case, demanding state takeover of the investigation.
• House Democrat drops re-election bid after Texas redraws congressional map - Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, announced that he will not run for House again and will instead run for the role of Tarrant County judge after redistricting.